VMS: add a note about DECC$* logical names

[openssl.git] / NOTES.VMS

diff --git a/NOTES.VMS b/NOTES.VMS
index 034ecf4c6bb4593f5fbcf303a8ddc3fcc944567d..ba1dbb475daf7c71821eeaa8f5535c0177016db5 100644 (file)
--- a/NOTES.VMS
+++ b/NOTES.VMS
@@ -15,11 +15,15 @@
  About ANSI C compiler
  ---------------------
 
- An ANSI C compiled is needed among other things.  This means that VAX C
- is not and will not be supported.
+ An ANSI C compiled is needed among other things.  This means that
+ VAX C is not and will not be supported.
 
- We have only tested with DEC C (a.k.a HP VMS C / VSI C), compiling with
- a different ANSI C compiler may require some work.
+ We have only tested with DEC C (a.k.a HP VMS C / VSI C), compiling
+ with a different ANSI C compiler may require some work.
+
+ Please avoid using C RTL feature logical names DECC$* when building
+ and testing OpenSSL.  Most of all, they can be disruptive when
+ running the tests, as they affect the Perl interpreter.
 
 
  About MMS and DCL